BE 06/1, 051 (P258610)

Legal tablet & envelope excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 01277 & CBS 01277a

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Inscribed, with case (inscribed, with seal impressions) repaired. 4x3x6 UE 2 LE 2 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _e2_ ma-hi-ri-im
ts: bīt maḫīrim
en: A stall
2. _ki_ ri-ba-tum _lukur-{d}utu_
ts: itti ri(b)batum nadīt šamaš
en: from Ribbatum nadītu of Šamaš
3. _dumu-<munus>_ ip-qa2-tum
ts: mārat ipqatum
en: daughter of Ipqatum,
4. {disz}a-di-du-um
ts: adidum
en: Adidum,
5. a-na ki-is,-ri
ts: ana kiṣrī
en: against payment of rent
6. a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_
ts: ana ištēt šattim
en: for one year,
7. u2-sze-s,i2
ts: ušēṣi
en: has rented.
reverse
1. ki-is,-ri _mu 1(disz)-kam_-szu
ts: kiṣrī šattīšu
en: (As) yearly rental,
2. _1(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_
ts: išten šuduš šiqil kaspam
en: 210 grains of silver
3. _i3-la2-e_
ts: išaqqal
en: he will pay.
single ruling
4. ba-am-ta-am
ts: bāmtam
en: Half (of the rental fee),
5. i-na e-re-bi-szu
ts: ina erēbīšu
en: by the time of his moving in,
6. i-sza!-qa2-al
ts: iša(q)qal
en: he will pay.
7. _igi_ sig-an-tum
ts: maḫar ipqu-antum
en: Before Ipqu-antum;
8. _igi_ i3-li2-ma-a-bi
ts: maḫar ilīma-abī
en: before Ilīma-abī.
left
1. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 2(u)-kam_
ts: waraḫ abim ūmam ešrā
en: The month of Abum, the day 20.
envelope
obverse
1. _e2_ ma-hi-ri-im
ts: bīt maḫīrim
en: A stall
2. _ki_ ri-ba-tum _lukur-{d}utu_
ts: itti ri(b)batum nadīt šamaš
en: from Ribbatum nadītu of Šamaš
3. _dumu-munus_ ip-qa2-tum
ts: mārat ipqatum
en: daughter of Ipqatum,
4. {disz}a-di-du-um
ts: adidum
en: Adidum,
5. a-na ki-is,!(RI)-ri
ts: ana kiṣrī
en: against payment of rent
6. a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_-szu
ts: ana ištēt šattīšu
en: for one (lit. his) year,
7. u2-sze-s,i2
ts: ušēṣi
en: has rented.
8. ki-is,-ri _mu 1(disz)-kam_-szu
ts: kiṣrī šattīšu
en: (As) yearly rental,
9. _1(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_
ts: išten šuduš šiqil kaspam
en: 210 grains of silver
10. _i3-la2-e_
ts: išaqqal
en: he will pay.
reverse
1. i-na e-re-bi-szu
ts: ina erēbīšu
en: At is moving in,
2. ba-ma#-at _ku3-babbar_-szu
ts: bāmat kaspīšu
en: half of his (rent in) silver
3. i3-la2-e
ts: išaqqal
en: he will pay.
4. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 2(u)-kam_ i-ru-ub
ts: waraḫ abim ūmam ešrā i(r)rub
en: (In) the month of Abum, the day 20, he moves in.
single ruling
5. _igi_ sig-an-tum
ts: maḫar ipqu-antum
en: Before Ipqu-antum;
6. _igi_ i3-li2-ma-a-bi
ts: maḫar ilīma-abī
en: before Ilīma-abī.
7. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 2(u)-kam_
ts: waraḫ abim ūmam ešrā
en: The month of Abum, the day 20
8. _mu i7_ sa-am-su-i-la-na# na-qa2-ab-nu-uh-szi _lugal-e mu-ba-al_
ts: šanat nāram samsu-iluna nagab-nuḫši(m) šarrum iḫri
en: the year: "The king dug the canal 'Samsu-iluna is source of abundance'".
seal 1
(no linguistic content)

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Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Inscribed, with case (inscribed, with seal impressions) repaired. 4x3x6 UE 2 LE 2 lines)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: BE 6/1, 51

[Ranke1906BE6/1] Ranke, Hermann. 1906. Babylonian Legal and Business Documents from the Time of the First Dynasty of Babylon, Chiefly from Sippar. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts 6/1. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology.
history: Földi, diss., 74

[Földi2009diss] Földi, Zsombor J. 2009. Phdthesis. Phdthesis.
history: Ribatum, p. 74

[Földi2009Ribatum] Földi, Zsombor J. 2009. Ribatum. The Archive of a Priestess from Old Babylonian Sippar.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 01277 & CBS 01277a
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.03.05.20
Alternative Years:
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-09 at 15:33:28	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-14 at 08:08:18	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Foxvog, Daniel A.		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2023-02-08 at 17:58:23	Lafont, Bertrand	Atf	Guidi, Carlo		Lafont, Bertrand	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2022-01-03 at 18:22:59	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (589336)
Penn Museum (589337)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.1277)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

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“BE 06/1, 051 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258610.

BE 06/1, 051 artifact entry (No. P258610). (2024, July 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258610 (Original work published 2005)

BE 06/1, 051 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258610 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).

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	title = {BE 06/1, 051 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258610},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258610},
}

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